Days of old and dilapidated barracks and housing accommodations for cops of Jharkhand Police seems to be over now after Chief Minister Raghubar Das inaugurated residential blocks for police personnel at JAP compound in Doranda on Friday. At the same ceremony, Das also remotely inaugurated 16 other buildings of police stations, residential complexes, barracks and vehicle sheds constructed all over the State.
As of now, the police residential block, constructed by Jharkhand Police Housing Corporation limited, has G+8 two blocks, lS tower for constables and ASI rank policemen and US tower for officials on higher posts, with 32 3-BHK flats each and a respective plinth area of 900 square feet and 1300 square feet. Two new blocks are under construction in the same campus.
“It is State Government’s priority that members of police force have their full mental capacity while executing their duties. Quality housing facilities will be a great help in this direction, by alleviating their worries about their homes and families,” Das said.Present member of state police and government did not overlook the rundown condition of existing police barracks.
“The police personnel have to live and work in dismal and age-old structures and JPHCl needs to speed up their work to better the situation. Novel techniques and technologies from countries and abroad should be implemented to speed up the sluggish construction work,” said Urban Development and Housing Minister C.P. Singh.
“After initial hitches, JPHCl has been successful in many important projects, State Forensic laboratory and Police Academy to name a few. The pending projects will be completed promptly. The overall performance of the corporation has been comparatively better in respect to other states,” said JPHCl Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
He further added, “We have completed construction work on 52 new police stations across the state and 23 more will be done by December this year. Regarding the police buildings in poor condition, we have asked police headquarters for a list of buildings that have to be renovated.”No comprise with quality will be tolerated in the renovation work of these buildings, emphasised the CM.
The flats await finishing touches and electrical work before after which they will be handed over to the families of police officials.“The state police department is responsible for ensuring the security of the state, like our soldiers are responsible for guarding our borders. The state police officials should adopt a work culture that will win them respect of the common man,” Das stated.